Crash and run. On May 3, Federal Heights police officers were chasing a suspicious car for several blocks from the 9500 block of Federal Boulevard when the driver crashed into a light pole. Everyone in the car ran through nearby fields. A discarded bag of cocaine was found nearby.

Passed out on the floor. A shopper at King Soopers,1575 W. 84th Ave., Federal Heights, called police because she found a woman unconscious on the bathroom floor May 1. A pint of whiskey and a couple of shooters were found on the woman. She was taken to the hospital.

Walk-by bite. The dog of a man who lives in the 10500 block of Colorado Boulevard, Thornton, bit the man’s neighbor while the two were passing each other in the stairwell of their apartment complex May 10. The dog was quarantined.

No vacancy. Police were called to the 11800 block of Washington Street, Northglenn, on May 22 because a former friend of a resident there threatened to beat her up because the victim said the suspect could not live with her.

Selling trash. A man who lives in the 9000 block of Elm Court, Federal Heights, was ticketed May 5 for storing junkyard materials like scrap metal, old tires and broken motors in his front yard. The suspect said he was trying to sell the items.

Unfounded accusations. A woman told Northglenn police May 28 that she thinks one of her neighbors keyed her car while it was parked in front of her home in the 11100 block of Grant Street. There was no evidence.

If you often find yourself hopelessly gridlocked in Arvada traffic, you've got good news coming your way -- Clogged intersections may soon be a problem of the past for the metro community. But the caveat? Traffic might have to get worse before it can get better.